Outside the palace, Ashina Chilifushe entered the palace for the second time. When he entered the palace for the first time, he found that the grandeur of Daxing Palace was beyond imagination.
The majestic palace guards stood in awe, and the servants walked in groups through the corridors of the palace in a light rhythm, but everyone was silent. The layers of palaces were like giant dragons, weighing him down so much that he didn't dare to look up.
When he entered the Daxing Palace again, Ashina Chirifushe was still shocked by the Daxing Palace. Looking at the Qianqiu Palace in front of me, which is just a side hall, I can't help but be amazed.
Compared with this, the Khan's Palace in Baicheng, the southern Turkistan Khan's court, which was built in imitation of Daxing Palace, is no different from a thatched house.
If he hadn't been the second Turkic prince who was guilty of a crime, he would have wanted to become an official in the Sui Dynasty.
revenge?
Revenge for what?
The important thing is that now he can't even decide whether to live or die.
Although the sage Khan has not condemned him to this day, and his father has never said anything, from the moment he was thrown into the prison car by his father, he knew that he had become a victim of the Turks' western expedition to the Great Lakes region and offended the Sui Dynasty.
For the Eastern Turks, his father handed him over to the Sui Dynasty for slaughter, just like paying tribute to a sheep.
Are you willing to accept Ashina Lifashe? Of course not. But everyone has arrived in Daxing City, and they have long been separated from their father. While his father was enjoying the delicious food, he, Zhi Shihao, and a dozen of his close soldiers were placed in a post house, without even the freedom to go out.
Even if he is unwilling to give in, what can he do?
At this moment, a chamberlain came out and said indifferently in front of the temple: "The saint declares Ashina to pay an audience at this time!"
"Yes!" Ashina Lifushu pressed his chest with one hand, bowed to the chamberlain, then stepped onto the jade steps in front of the palace, and walked into the palace where he wanted to stay forever, but could never last.
When he entered the palace gate, he saw the towering Yang Guang at first sight, and then he saw Yang Ji who knocked him from the clouds into the dust. When his eyes touched Yang Ji, he only felt that the other person's His eyes were like sharp arrows, making his hair stand on end.
While thinking about it, Ashina Chilifushe hurriedly saluted Yang Guang and said, "Ashina Chilifushe kowtows to the sage Khan."
Yang Guang raised his hand slightly and said coldly: "Ping Shen!"
Ashina Lifushe stood up straight and bowed deeply to Yang Ji. Yang Ji bowed slightly to return the favor.
Seeing Ashina Chilifushe's frightened look, Yang Guang was very satisfied. It seemed that the solitary confinement and ignoring Ashina Chilifushe's actions were not in vain.
Yang Guang looked at him calmly for a while and said in very standard official language: "Zi Lifushe, our Sui Dynasty has always valued peace, goodwill and companionship with our neighbors. Mutual benefit and reciprocity are our pursuits. . Not long ago, although the two sides had a small misunderstanding in the Great Lakes region, this did not affect the good-neighborly and friendly relations between the Great Sui Dynasty and the East Turks. I have already made it clear to Qimin Khan about this matter."
As soon as Ashina heard this, her heart suddenly became happy.
In this case, can I return to the Turks alive?
Thinking of this, the figure facing Yang Guang became a little shorter and his attitude became more respectful!
Yang Guang looked at the second Turkic prince who had become decadent, and suddenly said seriously: "Ashina Qilifu is willing to accept the title!"
Ashina Chilifushe was thinking about how to fight for the opportunity to return to China. When Yang Guang said this, he immediately trembled and bowed excitedly: "Ashina Chilifushe is here!"
Ashina Tlifushu was full of expectations and did not know what position the sage Khan would give him.
Yang Guang had a solemn look on his face: "Ashena Qilifu is a rare talent who is young, brave, wise and brave. We specially make him General Zhenbei and confer the title of Duke of Rinan County."
Ashinatlifushe was stunned for a moment.
His father, Qimin Khan, was canonized by the Sui Dynasty. He not only regarded himself as a Sui minister, but also made great contributions to the Sui Dynasty. However, his status in the Sui Dynasty was only at the level of a county king. As for his brother Ashina Duoji, he even There was no official position in the Sui Dynasty. Now, the sage Khan actually canonized him as General Zhenbei and Duke of Rinan County.
Such a reward was something he had never dreamed of. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed his head in a prostrate manner: "I, Ashina, have since thanked the sage Khan for his grace. I will be loyal to the Sui Dynasty." To the sage Khan, who guarded the border for the Sui Dynasty for generations, his loyalty and filial piety are as heavy as Mount Tai and as deep as the Yangtze River, which can be seen from the sky!"
When Yang Ji saw this, he couldn't help but admire:
This guy deserves to be the Chuluo Khan in the history of East Turkestan. His flexible attitude and acting skills are not something ordinary people have. If Ashina Lifushu hadn't died inexplicably on the way to the conquest of Bingzhou, I'm afraid the historical facts he was familiar with would have been greatly changed. Despite this, after his death, Li Yuan and his son still treated Shibi Khan like a filial son and grandson, wearing sackcloth and filial piety for him and criticizing him throughout the city.
Throughout thousands of years of history, apart from the two brothers, the only foreign "emperor" who has enjoyed such honors is Yelv Deguang, whom Shi Jingtang calls his father.
Yang Guang seemed to be moved by Ashina Qilifushe's sincerity. He nodded and said: "I hope you can be a bridge between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, and make suggestions for the peace and friendship of the people on both sides, so that the East Turks can be prosperous in the world. Be loyal to the Sui Dynasty from generation to generation."
When Ashina Lifushu heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. From these words, he could hear the intention of the sage Khan to make him the lord of the Eastern Turks.
Yang Guang said: "Get up!"
"Thank you, the Holy Khan!" Ashina Lifushu got up, and his whole demeanor seemed to have changed.
"The Khitans are not provocative to me in the Sui Dynasty. I have appointed the King of Wei to go north and lead the Turkic warriors to teach the Khitans a profound lesson. I hope you will fully cooperate with the King of Wei!" Yang Guang glanced at him meaningfully and said: "As long as you gain a foothold. For meritorious service, let alone a county prince, I will not hesitate to confer titles on him as a prince or a prince."
Ashina Chilifushe solemnly saluted and said: "Thank you very much to the sage Khan for your trust. I will definitely live up to the sage Khan's love. I will definitely obey the orders of the king of Wei."
In fact, he knew that Yang Guang was planning to use the power of the Turks to deal with the Khitan, but firstly, the position of the Great Khan was too tempting; secondly, he, the second prince, had been fighting openly and secretly with his brother, and both sides regarded the other as a thorn in the flesh, but he was in the Great Lakes Region , Fan Madam City has lost 80% to 90% of its strength. Once his brother ascends to the position of Great Khan, he will definitely die.
But if the sage Khan recognized him and appointed him as the next Great Khan, even his father would have to recognize him. Although the elder brother now has a dominant family in East Turkestan, his current backing is stronger and bigger. As long as he shows the edict and seal of the Sui Dynasty conferring him upon his return, he can win over some tribal chiefs who are loyal to his father and have experienced the Sui Dynasty's military battles.
He believed that with his own ability, as long as he had a position to display his talents, and as long as the enemy was not the Sui Dynasty, he could make achievements that would satisfy the Sage Khan. The greater his achievements and the help he received, the greater he would be.
He didn't care what people said, because the Eastern Turks themselves were vassals of the Sui Dynasty, and even the Great Khan had to accept the canonization of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, there was no shame in him serving the Sui Dynasty, which dominated the world.
As for the rest, it doesn't matter.
As for the future, we will talk about it later.
Yang Guangmao said happily: "The Duke of Rinan understands the great righteousness, so I will give you a thousand sword handles and three thousand pieces of silk."
Ashina Tlifushu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sage Khan!"
He doesn't care much about silk and other things, but Hengdao is too important to him.
The Hengdao adopts the unique steel-wrapping method of the Central Plains. The steel is wrapped around the wrought iron and forged together. The sword thus forged has the hardness and lethality of steel while retaining the good flexibility of wrought iron. Reduces the chance of sword damage. During the quenching process, a unique soil-covering and burning blade method is used, that is, a layer of soil composed of a special substance is coated on the parts other than the blade, and then heated and quenched together. At the moment of quenching in cold water, the soil material The outer edge of the blade cools quickly and becomes hard, while the area covered with soil cools slowly, allowing the knife to maintain better flexibility and ultimately making a knife with a balance of strength and softness.
The reason why it can be widely popular in the Central Plains army is not only its performance of combining strength and softness, but also the main reason is that the powerful enemies of the Central Plains dynasty are nomads, and the nomads can't even wear metal armor for many generals, let alone ordinary soldiers. Therefore, in this combat environment, the main task of the knife is to "cut vegetables"; in order to meet this requirement, craftsmen made changes to the Han Dao (Huanshou Dao), expanded the blade, and increased the knife's ability to break skin. Armor and the power of cutting meat.
However, if the horizontal sword is facing Central Plains soldiers wearing armor, its practicality is not very high. In actual combat, if it cuts against a broad-backed sword or a thick-backed sword with a sharp front and a slanted back, it will either get stuck on the broad-backed sword. The blades of knives and thick-backed knives will either be cut off by wide-backed knives or thick-backed knives with the same technology; if they are cut on iron armor, several knives will not be able to kill the person; if they are stabbed hard enough on armor plates, breast shields, etc. Hard objects may break. This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Ji dared to sell Hengdao and the four Western Turkic tribes liked to buy Hengdao.
If Ashinaqlifushu gets these thousand sharp horizontal knives, he can form a direct army that looks down on the Turks. No wonder he is ecstatic.
"You go back and recuperate first, and wait for the call of the King of Guards. Later, I will have someone send you the letter of appointment and seal." Yang Guang said calmly.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Ashina Lifushu saluted, walked out of the hall, looked at the clear sky, felt light all over, and whispered with high morale, "I finally got through it!"
At this moment, Ashina Qilifushu was in high spirits.
. . . .
In the palace!
Yang Guang moved his eyes away from Ashina Qilifushe's brisk back and asked Yang Ji: "Comparing before and after, what do you think?"
Yang Ji stroked his short beard on his chin and squinted his eyes and said: "There is a poem praising Ashina Qilifushe: In the past, it is not enough to praise the sordidness, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts. The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoof, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."
Yang Guang had a strange look on his face: "The poem is good, and it is in line with the performance of Ashina Qilifushu, but what kind of flower is your 'Chang'an flower'?"
Yang Ji smiled slightly and said with an expression of 'I know a lot': "Beauty flower, Jie Yu flower, the meat flower in the south of Pingkangfang, in short, whichever flower you think is dirty is that kind of flower."
Yang Guang said calmly: "You tell me, you are quite knowledgeable! It seems that our King Wei has been outside during this period, wandering in the flowers and snow, right?"
Yang Guang spoke very calmly, but Yang Ji felt a creepy feeling in his ears. Just when he was about to refute, he heard Yang Guang say in a malicious voice: "That's good, I'll give it to you." How about a hundred 'beautiful maids'?"
"Come on!" Yang Ji thought of the weird 'beautiful maid' that Yang Guang and the others gave him, and he rejected it grandly: "A woman will only affect the speed of my meritorious service, so don't give up!"
Yang Guang suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise: "Honestly, are you afraid of A Ying?"
"I, Aye, are afraid of my daughter-in-law, and my uncle is even more afraid, so being afraid of my daughter-in-law is a fine tradition of our old Yang family! Even if I am really afraid of Aying, it is not shameful. What's more, I am not afraid of her." Yang Ji said confidently : "And you are the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, but you only have one wife and three concubines. Apart from the uncle, what other emperor is like you? How dare you say that I am afraid of my wife?"
"..." For a moment, Yang Guang was speechless.
Yang Ji was dumbfounded when he saw Yang Guang, and immediately said proudly and arrogantly: "Look at Chen Xu. Although he only has half the country, he has accomplished the feat of forty sons. You are a wise and mighty saint. Khan, you can’t even do this little thing, right?”
"Little things?" Yang Guang was angry and amused when he heard this: "It's not an exaggeration to say that a feat like Chen Xu's is unprecedented. Who can do it? Moreover, can the wise, divine, and martial arts be compared like this?"
Yang Ji said: "If you can't do it, there is someone in our royal family who is fully capable of breaking Chen Xu's record!"
"Who is it?" Seeing Yang Ji's mysterious face, Yang Guang suddenly became interested.
"Ah!" Yang Ji said in a serious tone: "Ah, he is not selective about what he eats. He is beautiful and ugly, and is suitable for all ages. You can completely entrust this great mission to him."
"Get out!" Yang Guang's face suddenly darkened, and he wanted to kick Yang Jian for a moment, but it was a pity that he was not here.
"Get out!" Yang Ji walked to the door, and Yang Guang said to his back: "If you deal with the Khitan this time, I will reward you with a 'beautiful maid'!"
Yang Ji ran faster.
"You still say you're not afraid of A Ying? Who believes it!" Yang Guang said softly.
When Yang Ji returned to Prince Wei's Mansion, he walked to the study room of Xuanwu Palace. There were a few letters on the desk, but they were "briefings" sent by Yang Shanhui, Yin Shishi and others. He reported on the progress of various affairs and the itineraries of kings and envoys from various countries.
In addition, there was a briefing sent by Wei Yunqi from the Prefectural Mufu Office. What he was talking about was the "Xinmin" farmland affairs in Shanshan.
After reading Wei Yunqi's letter, Yang Ji suddenly realized that what he was about to do was supposed to be the work that named Wei Yun and left a lasting impression on history.
Fortunately, he had already given up writing and joined the army, and had won several dazzling victories in Dangjinshan Pass, Taozhou (where he fought in Dangxiang), and the Dahu District. He had entered the ranks of the "generals" that the court paid attention to, and he was not afraid of not being famous in the future. Chance, at worst, when we fight Tuyuhun, we just need to arrange a good opportunity for him.
Zhang Chuchen came in with a pot of tea and poured a cup of tea. Seeing Yang Ji looking thoughtful after reading the letter, he asked curiously: "Master, what are you thinking about?"
"Nothing?" Yang Ji raised his head and said to Zhang Chuchen, "Chuchen, I'm going to fight."
"Ah?" Zhang Chuchen was startled and asked anxiously: "Sir, is something wrong in Liangzhou?"
"It's not Liangzhou! It's Liaodong!" Yang Ji said: "The Khitan dogs went south for no reason and brutally massacred more than ten thousand Sui people. The saint asked me to kill tens of thousands of them and come back."
Zhang Chuchen was full of feelings for Liangzhou. Hearing that the accident was not in Liangzhou, he breathed a sigh of relief. She pursed her bright and moist lips and asked softly: "Master, this time, it is Sister Rumei who will lead Zhuque." Wei?"
"Qiandu has rituals such as worshiping heaven and ancestors, and everyone in the royal family must participate. I have some reasons, so it's understandable that I can't participate! But A Niang, Aunt Su, A Ying, Rumei, and A Ying cannot be absent. So if Mei definitely can't go to Liaodong with me." Yang Ji glanced at Zhang Chuchen and said, "This time the situation is more complicated, I don't plan to take you..."
"I don't want it!" Under Zhang Chuchen's vigorous eyebrows, his big beautiful eyes were filled with displeasure. He bit his lip and said, "Young Master always takes us with him in battles, and this time he cannot do without us. Moreover, how can the Xuanwu Guards be as careful as our Suzaku Guards in doing things?"
Yang Ji thought about it, nodded and said: "Forget it, you and Xian Yue will lead the Suzaku Guard. Try to pick some people who can fight."
"Yes!" Zhang Chuchen's red lips pursed slightly, and a smile spread from his lips like ripples, gradually filling his entire face and reaching the corners of his eyebrows and eyes. In this dusk with the setting sun filling the sky, the smile is just like a pink lotus flower blooming gracefully.
Yang Ji thought hard for a long time, and then said: "Ask the general manager to send a few people to Binzhou and Xianyang to summon Hao Yuan and his guards back. In addition, have someone twist Li Daliang out of his home."
Li Daliang got engaged to the "Princess Yicheng" in history, so Yang Ji gave him a long vacation to have more contact with his niece. However, this time the mission was complicated and the main battle force was not the Sui army he was familiar with. If not, it will also cause conflicts with Goguryeo, the Lin tribe, and the Xi tribe, so it is necessary to bring a team with a deep understanding of each other.
Zhang Xutuo, Yang Shanhui, Yin Shishi, Xue Ju, Yuchi Gong, Wei Yunqi and others who are quite capable in fighting are all in Liangzhou and will not be able to be summoned back for a while. However, in the capital, except for Li Daliang and Dugu In addition to Pingyun, Zong Luohu, and Zhu Can, there were also Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanche, Dugu Wuda, Mai Zhongcai, Wang Jun, Wang Haokai, Qian Jie, Zhang Yan, and Gao Xingwen of the second generation of Liangzhou generals, who all followed. Come to see the world. He couldn't see it in the world, but he was left to help the Binzhou Army.
Since their fathers have given up educating themselves, they should take them to Liaodong to see the world.
"Here!" Zhang Chuchen saluted Yang Ji and walked towards the door coolly. When he opened the door, he glanced back at Yang Ji who was immersed in writing, with a sweet smile on his face.
I like you from beginning to end, serious and cowardly!
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